conductor Carlo Rizzi

host

Anthony Roth Costanzo

guest artist Christian Van Horn

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS

grand finals concert

general manager

Peter Gelbjeanette lerman-neubauer music director

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert

Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:00 pm

The Metropolitan Opera National Council

is grateful to the Charles H. Dyson

Endowment Fund for underwriting

the Council’s Auditions Program.

Sunday, March 31, 2019, 3:00PM

NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS

grand finals concertconductor Carlo Rizzi

host Anthony Roth Costanzo

guest artist Christian Van Horn

“Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser (Wagner) Meghan Kasanders, Soprano

“Fra poco a me ricovero … Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali” from Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Dashuai Chen, Tenor

“Oh! quante volte, oh! quante” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Elena Villalón, Soprano

“Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis” (Lenski’s Aria) from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Miles Mykkanen, Tenor

“Addio, addio, o miei sospiri” from Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) Michaela Wolz, Mezzo-Soprano

“Seul sur la terre” from Dom Sébastien (Donizetti) Piotr Buszewski, Tenor

Today’s concert is being recorded for future broadcast over many public radio stations. Please check local listings.

2018–19 season

“Captain Ahab? I must speak with you” from Moby Dick (Jake Heggie) Thomas Glass, Baritone

“Don Ottavio, son morta! ... Or sai chi l’onore” from Don Giovanni (Mozart) Alaysha Fox, Soprano

“Sorge infausta una procella” from Orlando (Handel) William Guanbo Su, Bass

Intermission

“Ich bin Euer Liebden sehr verbunden” from Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Elena Villalón, Soprano

“Je crois entendre encore” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet) Miles Mykkanen, Tenor

“Otkuda eti slezy, zachem one?” from The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Meghan Kasanders, Soprano

“Salut! demeure chaste et pure” from Faust (Gounod) Dashuai Chen, Tenor

“Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle?” from Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Michaela Wolz, Mezzo-Soprano

“Cisza dokoła, noc jasna, czyste niebo” from The Haunted Manor (Moniuszko) Piotr Buszewski, Tenor

“Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni” from La Sonnambula (Bellini) William Guanbo Su, Bass

“Ich ging zu ihm” from Das Wunder der Heliane (Korngold) Alaysha Fox, Soprano

“Avant de quitter ces lieux” from Faust (Gounod) Thomas Glass, Baritone

GUEST ARTIST

“Ella giammai m’amò” from Don Carlo (Verdi) Christian Van Horn, Bass-Baritone

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRAND FINALS WINNERS

Before the performance begins, please switch off any cell phones and any other electronic devices.

Yamaha is the Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera.

Sunday, March 31, 2019, 3:00PM

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Meet the Artists

Piotr Buszewski began his studies at Warsaw’s Fryderyk Chopin Music University before enrolling at the Juilliard School. He is currently finishing his residency at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, where he has sung the Prince in Rusalka and Ferrando in Così fan tutte and will sing Roméo in Roméo et Juliette. This season, he also appeared as Leandre in Gounod’s Le Médicine Malgré lui at Boston’s Odyssey Opera and will appear as Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette at Cincinnati Opera and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore in Leipzig. He made his professional debut in the title role of Donizetti’s Il Pigmalione at New York City Opera in 2018 and has also sung the Duke in Rigoletto with Wolf Trap Opera and Loge in Das Rheingold at the Academy of Vocal Arts. Middle Atlantic Region.

Dashuai Chen is currently pursuing an artist diploma at the Juilliard School. His recent performances include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Bregenz Festival; Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Japan’s Showa University Theatre and in Daegu, South Korea; Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore in Bologna; and Jupiter in Legrenz’s La Divisione del Mondo in Kiel, Germany. He was a finalist in the 2015 Neue Stimmen Competition and has earned prizes at numerous singing competitions, including China’s Golden Bell Competition, the 2018 International Music Competition in Harbin, the 2018 Gerda Lissner Lieder Vocal Competition, the Opera Index Competition, and the Premiere Opera International Vocal Competition. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Great Lakes Region.

Piotr Buszewskitenor (warsaw, poland)age: 26

Dashuai Chentenor (shanghai, china)age: 28

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This season, Alaysha Fox appears in a one-night-only performance of Camelot at Lincoln Center Theater, where previously, she was featured in a workshop of Ricky Ian Gordon’s new opera Intimate Apparel. She recently appeared as part of Kathleen Battle’s Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey recital series and was a featured artist at the annual Verdi Square Festival. Her other roles have included the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Dee Legendary in the world preview of J. Rubinstein’s Legendary, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Female Chorus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, the title role of Penelope, and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. She was also a featured artist in Lee Mingwei’s exhibit Sonic Blossom with MetLiveArts. She holds a master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music. Eastern Region.

Thomas Glass is a second-year studio artist at Houston Grand Opera, where, this season, his roles include Marcello in La Bohème and Alvaro in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas. Last season in Houston, he sang Baron Douphol in La Traviata, Figaro and Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Officer Krupke in West Side Story. In recent years, he has been a Filene Young Artist at Wolf Trap Opera, where he appeared as Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette; a participant in San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program; and a resident artist at Minnesota Opera, where he sang Capulet in Roméo et Juliette, Gustave in the world premiere of William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight, and Schaunard in La Bohème. He holds a master’s degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and bachelor’s degrees from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Rocky Mountain Region.

Alaysha Foxsoprano (queens, new york)age: 27

Thomas Glassbaritone (edina, minnesota)age: 28

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This season, Miles Mykkanen appears as Lt. Nikolaus Sprink in Kevin Puts’s Silent Night at Minnesota Opera, Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Opera Philadelphia, and Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Cleveland Orchestra. He will also cover the role of Admète in Gluck’s Alceste at the Bavarian State Opera. On the concert stage, he sings Handel’s Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra and the University of Michigan’s Musical Society and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Sarasota Orchestra. In recent seasons, he has also appeared with the Tanglewood Music Center, Canadian Opera Company, Ravinia Music Festival, New York Philharmonic, Arizona Opera, Bard Music Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and Marlboro Music Festival. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as an artist diploma, from the Juilliard School. Upper Midwest Region.

Miles Mykkanentenor (bessemer, michigan)age: 27

This season, Meghan Kasanders appears as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Juilliard School. Other recent credits include Sibelius’s Luonnotar at Alice Tully Hall, Bernstein’s Songfest at Carnegie Hall, Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Juilliard, and Magda Sorel in Menotti’s The Consul at Opera Saratoga. She has also appeared with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Des Moines Metro Opera, Union Avenue Opera, and Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. She was the youngest competitor in the 2017 Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, where she won first prize. She holds a master’s degree from Rice University and a bachelor’s degree from Simpson College. Later this year, she will receive an artist diploma from Juilliard. Upper Midwest Region.

Meghan Kasanderssoprano (darien, illinois)age: 27

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During the 2019–20 season, William Guanbo Su will be a young artist in the Houston Grand Studio, and in 2018, he was a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he returns this coming summer. As a voice fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School, he appeared as Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He has also sung Pluton in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie, Herr Reich in Nicolai’s Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, and Seneca in L’Incoronazione di Poppea. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2017 singing Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Cecilia Chorus of New York and returned the following year with Handel’s Messiah. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree from the Juilliard School, studied German lieder at Vienna’s Franz-Schubert-Institut, and was a participant in Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio master class series, led by Renée Fleming, in 2019. Eastern Region.

During the 2019–20 season, Elena Villalón will be a young artist in the Houston Grand Studio. She has also been a vocal fellow at both the Tanglewood Music Center and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy. Upcoming performances include Adele in Die Fledermaus at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where she is currently completing her undergraduate degree, and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she will appear as a Gerdine Young Artist. She will also return to Tanglewood this coming summer as a soprano fellow. At CCM, she also sang Lucy in Menotti’s The Telephone and Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s Albert Herring. Among her numerous accolades are the audience prize at the 2019 Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition. Central Region.

William Guanbo Subass (beijing, china)age: 24

Elena Villalónsoprano (austin, texas)age: 21

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During the summer of 2018, Michaela Wolz was a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she covered the role of Pvt. Stanton in the world premiere of Huang Ruo’s An American Soldier. This coming summer, she will return to the company as a Gaddes Festival Artist and appear as Amore in L’Incoronazione di Poppea. In recent seasons, she has covered Annio in La Clemenza di Tito at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and sung Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Mother Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites, Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina, Presendia in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Stewardess in Jonathan Dove’s Flight with Boston Conservatory Opera. This May, she will receive a master’s degree from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Midwest Region.

Michaela Wolzmezzo-soprano (eureka, missouri)age: 24

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Meet the Special Guests

this season The National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert, Tosca, and Mefistofele at the Met; Falstaff in Tokyo; and Un Ballo in Maschera and Roberto Devereux at Welsh National Opera.met appearances More than 200 performances of 15 operas, including Turandot, Norma, La Bohème (debut, 1993), La Traviata, Tosca, Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Aida, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, and Rigoletto.career highlights Since 2015, he has served as conductor laureate of Welsh National Opera, where he had two tenures as music director, 1992–2001 and 2004–08. Since launching his conducting career in 1982 with Donizetti’s L’Ajo Nell’Imbarazzo, he has led more than 100 different operas, a repertoire rich in both Italian works and the music of Wagner, Richard Strauss, Britten, and Janácek. He has conducted at the Bavarian State Opera, La Scala, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Dutch National Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Recent performances include Les Contes d’Hoffmann in Amsterdam, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Rome, Madama Butterfly at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Tosca and La Forza del Destino at Welsh National Opera.

Carlo Rizziconductor (milan, italy)

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Meet the Special Guests

this season The National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert, Colline in La Bohème, the title role of Mefistofele, and Publio in La Clemenza di Tito at the Met; Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Philadelphia; Narbal in Les Troyens at the Paris Opera; Escamillo in Carmen at the Bavarian State Opera; and Zoroastro in Handel’s Orlando at San Francisco Opera.met appearances Julio in Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, the Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, Colline, and Pistola in Falstaff (debut, 2013).career highlights Recent performances include the Emperor in Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Other Short Fables at the Canadian Opera Company; Méphistophélès in Faust, Escamillo, and Narbal at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Melisso in Handel’s Alcina and Raimondo at the Santa Fe Opera; Oroveso in Norma at the Dallas Opera; and the Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at LA Opera. He has also sung the Prefect in Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix in Rome, Escamillo at the Canadian Opera Company, Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette and Alidoro in La Cenerentola at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Zaccaria in Nabucco at Seattle Opera, and Von Bock in the world premiere of Marco Tutino’s Two Women at San Francisco Opera. He was a winner of the 2003 National Council Auditions

this season The National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert at the Met, the title role of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten at English National Opera, and concert appearances with Les Violons du Roy, the New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale, Boston Baroque, Mercury, and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. He also produces and stars in Glass/Handel, an operatic art installation co-presented by Opera Philadelphia and National Sawdust.met appearances Ferdinand and Prospero in The Enchanted Island, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, and Unulfo in Rodelinda (debut, 2011).career highlights He has sung with leading opera companies across the United States and Europe, including the Glyndebourne Festival, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, LA Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Canadian Opera Company, and the Finnish National Opera. A champion of new music, he appeared in the world premieres of Jimmy Lopez’s Bel Canto at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Jake Heggie’s Great Scott at the Dallas Opera. He has also premiered works written for him by Matthew Aucoin, Paola Prestini, Gregory Spears, Suzanne Farrin, Bernard Rands, Scott Wheeler, Mohammed Fairouz, Steve Mackey, and Nico Muhly. He was a winner of the 2009 National Council Auditions.

Christian Van Hornbass-baritone (rockville centre, new york)

Anthony Roth Costanzohost (durham, north carolina)

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From left: Brady Walsh, Administrator; Melissa Wegner, Executive Director; Camille LaBarre, Chairman; and Carol E. Domina, President

Melissa Wegner Executive Director

Brady Walsh Administrator

Shelby Gillespie Samantha Martin Interns

Lachlan Glen and Bénédicte Jourdois Musical Preparation

Raymond Menard and Gary Dietrich Stage Managers

Peter McClintock Dramatic Coach

Marian Torre and Heath Bryant-Huppert Makeup

Tera Willis and Alexandra O’Reilly Hair Styling

Katherine Shak and Juan Ibarra Wardrobe

Fay Fox and Ken Howard Photographers

Administration and StaffJudges

Jonathan FriendMETROPOLITAN OPERA; Artistic Administrator

Paul HopperMETROPOLITAN OPERA; Associate Artistic Administrator

Alexander NeefCANADIAN OPERA COMPANY; Executive Director; THE SANTA FE OPERA; Artistic Director

Melissa WegnerMETROPOLITAN OPERA; Executive Director, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions

Diane ZolaMETROPOLITAN OPERA; Assistant General Manager, Artistic

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Piotr Buszewski Tenor Middle Atlantic Region

Dashuai Chen Tenor Great Lakes Region

Anthony Ciaramitaro Tenor Great Lakes Region

Sylvia D’Eramo Soprano Gulf Coast Region

Monica Dewey Soprano Midwest Region

Abigail Dock Mezzo-Soprano New England Region

Meryl Dominguez Soprano Middle Atlantic Region

Anna Dugan Soprano Eastern Region

Alasyha Fox Soprano Eastern Region

Thomas Glass Baritone Rocky Mountain Region

Mary Hoskins Soprano Rocky Mountain Region

Meghan Kasanders Soprano Upper Midwest Region

Miles Mykkanen Tenor Upper Midwest Region

Nicholas Newton Bass-Baritone Western Region

Murrella Parton Soprano Southeast Region

Camille Sherman Mezzo-Soprano Northwest Region

William Guanbo Su Bass Eastern Region

Elena Villalón Soprano Central Region

Joshua Lee Wheeker Tenor Western Region

Michaela Wolz Mezzo-Soprano Midwest Region

Hubert Zapiór Baritone Eastern Region

2019 Regional Winners

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The National Council would like to thank the following donors who have contributed to the National Finalists Fund. ($1,000 or more)

Dr. Joan Taub Ades

R. Joseph Barnett

Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass, Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation

Carol E. Domina

Deanna & Waine Johnson Trust

Karen & Kevin Kennedy

The Kurtz Family Foundation in memory of Olive Jeannette Kurtz

Camille & Dennis LaBarre

Nicole & Fernand Lamesch

William C. and Susan F. Morris

Ned & Ellen Oelsner

Marjorie and Michael Stern

Mr. & Mrs. Hans E. Tausig

BENEFACTORS ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONSThe Edna Mandery Allison Vocal Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brissenden FundGeorge and Eleanor Caulkins EndowmentMrs. Joe Rice Dockery FundDyson FoundationEstate of Eric GordonGilbert and Louise Ireland Humphrey Corinne M. Kennedy EndowmentLouise A. Meagher Memorial FundEstate of Ingvelde RappaportJudith Raskin Memorial FundBruno Walter Memorial Endowment FundKate F. Wheelan Trust

National Finalists Fund

Today’s concert serves as the final round of this season’s competition. Those who are selected as national winners are awarded $15,000 each, and the remaining national finalists receive $7,500 to further assist in their careers.

The National Council is grateful to its donors for prizes at the national level and to the Tobin Endowment for the Mrs. Edgar Tobin Award, given to each first-place region winner.

$15,000 AWARDS

The Birgit Nilsson Award of the American-Scandinavian Foundation

Faith Geier Award

Dominique Laffont Award

Alton E. Peters Award metropolitan opera guild

Noreen Zimmerman Award

$7,500 AWARDS

Ellie Caulkins Award

Fernand Lamesch Award

Judith Raskin Award

Anne de Richemont Smithers Award

Grand Finals Awards

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The National Council’s Education Fund provides grants to former first-place region winners to enable them to continue their musical studies. The Council is grateful to the following donors. ($250 or more)

AnonymousSusan K. AppelN. Sue BarnesJane C. BergnerPaula and Earl BlackLeslie and Harmar BreretonMrs. Arlyn M. BrewsterEleanor CaulkinsStephen DiltsDr. Janice P. DutcherMrs. June DysonSuzanne B. EngelMarina W. GalesiLorna GladstoneRon & Barbara GlassHarry and Lynn GlazeLynn C. GoldbergProfs. Veronika Grimm and John MatthewsJane A. GrossCynthia Hoffmann and John W. DitslerJames & Mary HoustonGerd & Nancy KeuffelLeonard and Sally MichaelsPeggy W. McDowellMONC Western RegionTatsuji Namba, M.D.Yoichi OkudaDr. and Mrs. Macon PhillipsDr. & Mrs. Jonathan RaskinMary Louise and Bill RustinMaureen and Edwin SchlossLynda & Frank SharbroughKatherine L. Simmons and Helmut ForteuseAnne de Richemont SmithersMrs. William F. SonderickerIlse and Murray StarkMichael R. StinchcombDr. Caroline Urvater

Education Fund

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The National Council is grateful to the nationwide network of volunteer personnel who organize and finance the district and regional auditions leading up to today’s Grand Finals Concert.

CENTRAL REGIONDavid O’Connor, Chairperson David Loewe, Executive DirectorGerald McIlvain, TreasurerEdward Reicin, Development ChairRobert C. Marks, Membership Chair

ILLINOIS DISTRICT David Loewe, Director

INDIANA DISTRICTLaurie Burns McRobbie, DirectorSarah J. Slover, Auditions Coordinator

KENTUCKY DISTRICTClifton Smith, Director

OHIO DISTRICTRichard I. Lauf, DirectorLois Brenner, Treasurer

EASTERN REGIONAND NEW YORK DISTRICT

Stefanie Van Steelandt, ChairpersonLara Marcon, TreasurerPeter Agnone Ruane, Executive CommitteeTom Cannon Jr., Executive CommitteeLisa Litwin, Executive Committee

GREAT LAKES REGIONGlen Peterson, Chairperson

BUFFALO/TORONTO DISTRICTLeah Wietig, DirectorMargaret Wietig, Auditions AdministratorMaren Boot, Treasurer

MICHIGAN DISTRICTTheodore Fellenbaum, Co-DirectorGlen Peterson, Co-DirectorBarbara Wiltsie, Co-DirectorMegan McDonald, Auditions CoordinatorSheu-Jane Gallagher, Treasurer

PITTSBURGH DISTRICT Annette Condeluci, Co-DirectorChristopher Scott, Co-Director

GULF COAST REGIONMrs. Charles L. Dupin and Mrs. Bruce A. Gordon,

Co-ChairmenMrs. M. Kimball Schlafly and Ms. Rebeccka Coe,

Co-Directors

HOUSTON DISTRICT Rhonda Sweeney, DirectorRichard Dickson, Singers’ LiaisonJane Egner, Treasurer

FLORIDA DISTRICTSwantje Knye-Levin, DirectorJoan Travis, Auditions Manager

MEXICO DISTRICTJoan Mitchell, DirectorMichael Pearl, Director

NEW ORLEANS DISTRICTSusan Wallace, Co-Director Jacqueline Bodet, Co-DirectorRebecca Coe, Co-Director

PUERTO RICO DISTRICT Ada Sofia Esteves, Director

MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONEleanor M. Forrer, ChairpersonDonna Wolverton, Co-DirectorCarol Pierson, Co-DirectorRuth Shaw, Treasurer

PHILADELPHIA DISTRICTAnne and Craig Jorgensen, Co-Directors

WASHINGTON, D.C. DISTRICT Brian Boyle, Director

MIDWEST REGIONBarbara and Ronald Glass, Co-ChairpersonsMary Susman and Tom Herm, Directors

ARKANSAS DISTRICTMartin and Melissa Thoma, Co-Directors

KANSAS CITY DISTRICTWilma Wilcox, Co-DirectorMelinda J. Cannady, Co-DirectorAnn Hauser, Assistant Director

ST. LOUIS DISTRICTPhoebe and Spencer Burke, Assistant DirectorsJeannette Huey, Assistant Director

TULSA DISTRICTSusan and Timothy Young, DirectorsKathleen and Leonard Pataki, Assistant Directors

District and Region Officers

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NEW ENGLAND REGIONAND BOSTON DISTRICT

Pauline Ho Bynum, ChairpersonBarbara and John VanScoyoc, Co-DirectorsMargot Holtzman, Treasurer & Web MistressRobert Eastman, Registration Chairperson

CONNECTICUT DISTRICTRobin Valovich, Director

NORTHWEST REGIONClint Singley, Co-ChairpersonStewart Law, Co-ChairpersonMaxine Levy, Auditions DirectorPaul Levy, Treasurer

IDAHO/MONTANA DISTRICTDiana Livingston Friedley, Director

OREGON DISTRICTJutta Allen, Director

WESTERN CANADA DISTRICTNicolas Krusek, Director

WASHINGTON DISTRICTMaxine Levy, Director

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAND COLORADO/WYOMING DISTRICT

Stephen Dilts, ChairpersonMary Ann Ross, Auditions DirectorBarbara Bell, TreasurerLynn Harrington, Singer Arrangements

ARIZONA DISTRICTKimberley Smith, Director Judith Wolf, Treasurer

UTAH DISTRICTJulie McBeth, DirectorCarol and Gunter Radinger, Co-Directors

SOUTHEAST REGIONMargaret Talmadge Howell, ChairpersonHeather McNey, Auditions Co-DirectorRandall Romig, Auditions Co-DirectorJ. Barry Schrenk, Director of Finance

GEORGIA DISTRICTAlexis Lundy, Co-DirectorJason Meeks, Co-Director

MIDDLE/EAST TENNESSEE DISTRICTPhyllis Driver, Co-DirectorJocelynne McCall, Co-Director

NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICTLeslie Paliyenko, DirectorSteven LaCosse, Auditions Coordinator

SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICTBettie and Van Edwards, Co-Directors

WEST TENNESSEE DISTRICTKyle Ferrill, Co-DirectorBenjamin Smith, Co-Director

UPPER MIDWEST REGION AND MINNESOTA DISTRICT

Connie Fullmer, Co-Chairperson and District Co-Director

Jimmy Longoria, Co-Chairperson (Finance) and District Co-Director

IOWA DISTRICTSara Compton, Co-DirectorDonald Simonson, Co-Director

NEBRASKA DISTRICTLaura Franz, DirectorAdrienne Dickson, Operations ManagerPaul Haar, Treasurer

NORTH DAKOTA/MANITOBA DISTRICTRoyce Blackburn, Co-DirectorLouise Pinkerton, Co-Director

WISCONSIN DISTRICTLisa Hanson, Director

WESTERN REGIONMolly Siefert, ChairpersonFred Dear, Co-ChairpersonMarianne Grant, Co-ChairpersonEleanor Pott, Treasurer Elisa Justice Holdridge, Auditions Co-DirectorAnn Mosser, Auditions Co-Director

LOS ANGELES DISTRICTSusan Malinowski, DirectorKaren Gottlieb, Director

SAN DIEGO DISTRICTKathryn Thickstun, DirectorJoan Henkelman, Co-Director

SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Khori Dastoor, Director

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These artists on the 2018–19 season roster were participants in the National Council Auditions.

SOPRANOS Elaine AlvarezNorah AmsellemJennifer BlackDeanna BreiwickElizabeth CaballeroJennifer CheckMelissa CitroTracy CoxMary DunleavyJessica FaseltWendy Bryn HarmerHolli HarrisonNicole HaslettJihee KimDísella LárusdóttirKathryn LewekClarissa LyonsAngela MeadeErin MorleyKerriann OtañoMarjorie OwensSo Young ParkAilyn PérezSusanna PhillipsSondra RadvanovskyGabriella ReyesJennifer RowleyAmy Shoremount-ObraNadine SierraAmber WagnerRachel Willis-SørensenTamara WilsonAmanda Woodbury

MEZZO-SOPRANOS Jamie BartonElizabeth BishopStephanie BlytheJane BunnellAugusta CasoRihab ChaiebMarianne CornettiEmily D’Angelo

Allegra De VitaSandra Piques EddySamantha GossardDenyce GravesMegan GreySamantha HankeyHeather JohnsonEdyta KulczakMaya LahyaniSarah LarsenMargaret LattimoreMegan MarinoMaryAnn McCormickSarah MeskoMary PhillipsCarolyn SprouleRenée TatumTichina VaughnCassandra Zoé VelascoMaria Zifchak

COUNTERTENORSiman Chung

TENORS Paul ApplebyAaron BlakeBen BlissAdam DiegelMichael FabianoPaul GrovesBryan HymelIan KoziaraYi LiRobert McPhersonJay Hunter MorrisMatthew PolenzaniDavid PortilloKevin RayMark SchowalterScott ScullyTony StevensonCarl TannerJonathan Tetelman

BARITONES Michael ChioldiKidon ChoiNathan GunnJohn HancockQuinn KelseyWill LivermanDonald MaxwellLucas MeachemKyle PfortmillerMichael Todd SimpsonDavid WonHyung Yun

BASS-BARITONES Joseph BarronPatrick CarfizziBrandon CedelDavid CrawfordBradley GarvinRyan Speedo GreenChristopher JobKyle KetelsenEric OwensChristian Van HornAlfred Walker

BASSES Richard BernsteinPhilip CokorinosPaul CoronaJeremy GalyonOren GradusRicardo LugoMatthew RoseKevin ShortStefan SzkafarowskyChristian Zaremba

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